Economic Growth: Rural Areas
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to increase growth in rural areas.
Answered by Darren Jones
A prosperous rural economy will be underpinned by improvements to rural connectivity and productivity, the availability of affordable energy and access to services. To this end, the UK Government is investing £5 billion in broadband connectivity which will support growth in rural areas across the UK.
We are also providing more than £3 billion of UK-wide funding this year to farmers and land managers, supporting rural prosperity.
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